Meaning

Meaning. Thats something interesting. It is something I have been thinking about a lot lately. Meaning, and what does it mean. Haha. I have been watching a lot of War movies lately. The latest being FlyBoys. In a world of fast food and fast cars do we know what meaning is? Where do we find it? In a world of movies, music, and video games we search for meaning. Some find it fleeting and hidden in the fabric of fantasy. I know video games are one big way that these young generations seek and find some meaning. Many people do not understand, but when you are emersed in a game you become a hero. You are in control and you have the ability to save. You achieve accomplishments and goals that can set you apart. Or at least you feel that way. It is more about the emotion and the feeling than it is the game itself. Everyone knows its just a game but for a fleeting second you feel that you have a sense of meaning, of purpose, of belonging. We are left to find our own meaning to things. I know I feel this way. I know I want to be apart of something greater than myself. Fighting for your country, for your family, for your people... it is something we know little about. Here in the Western Culture we do not have to face many of the other things that others have to face. We consider it a blessing. I am not saying that it is not, but I am saying that we have other problems that replace the old. Often they are hidden below the surface and we do not see them as plainly. Sometimes I wish that we were not as technologically advanced as we are. That we knew more adequately what it means to be alive, because we have to fight for it, we don't take it for granted. But thats not the case, we do take our lives for granted. I hope this blog is coherent and that you understand my points. I continue to search for meaning everyday. I have found some here and there but I still wait and yearn for my true meaning. Where will I find it? I don't know. But I know there is something more, something great...

P.S. I was going to write about how we often search for meaning in love but I think that topic is to vast for me to tackle at the moment.